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Abbreviations Abbreviation Full Form AEN Assistant Engineer AGC Assistant Guard’s cabin AGC Agra Cantt AIEHC All India Engine Hour Cost ATN Action Taken Note BDDS Bomb Detection and Disposal Equipment’s BG Broad Gauge BN Bibinagar BRC Vadodara BZA Vijayawada C&W Carriage and Wagon CAO (Const) Chief Administrative Officer (Construction) CC Carrying Capacity CC apron Cement Concrete apron CCTV Closed Circuit Television CEL Central Electronics Limited Ch Chainage CHI Chief Health Inspector CONCOR Container Corporation of India Limited CPCB Central Pollution Control Board CPWD Central Public Works Department CRW/MCS Carriage Repair Workshop at Mancheswar CVC Central Vigilance Commission DDR Dadar -Western Railway DDU Driver Display Unit DFMD Door Frame Metal Detector DLW/BSB Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi DME Divisional Mechanical Engineer DMW Diesel Loco Modernization Works DR Dadar-Central Railway DRM Divisional Railway Manager DSL/AMV Diesel Loco Shed, Alambagh DSL/LKO Diesel Loco Shed, Lucknow Dy CME/EnHM

Dy Chief Mechanical Engineer, Environment and Health Management

E&RSA Economic and Revenue Services Audit ECoR East Coast Railway ECR East Central Railway EDDS Explosive Detection and Disposal System

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Abbreviation Full Form EI Electronic Interlocking EOL Engine-on-Load ER Eastern Railway ESP Engineering Scale Plan FIR First Information Report FOB Foot Over Bridge GAD General Arrangement Drawing GCC General Conditions of Contract GFR General Financial Rules GKP Gorakhpur GM General Manager GMC Kanpur Goods Marshalling Yard GOC Golden Rock GRP Government Railway Police GST Goods and Service Tax GY Gooty HHMD Hand Held Metal Detectors HI Health Inspector HJP Hajipur ICD Inland Container Depot ICDD Inland Container Depot Dadri ICDG Inland Container Depot Kanpur Goods Marshalling ICDM Inland Container Depot Malanpur ICDY Inland Container Depot-Yamuna Bridge IEEMA Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers' Association IR Indian Railways IRCTC Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation IRMM Indian Railway Medical Manual IRPSM Indian Railway Project Sanction and Management IRWM Indian Railway Works Manual ISS Integrated Security System IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural

Resources JPO Joint Procedure Order JRCT Jaypee Rewa Cement Plant Siding KI Kondapalli KZJ Kazipet LC Level Crossing LHS Limited Height Subway LOA Letter of Acceptance

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Abbreviation Full Form LPR Last Purchase Rate MEA Minimum Essential Amenities MGS Mughalsarai MLAR Malanpur MoEF Ministry of Environment and Forest MoR Ministry of Railways MORTH Ministry of Road Transport & Highway MoU Memorandum of Understanding MTMI Motumarri NCR North Central Railway NDKD Nadikudi NER North Eastern Railway NFR Northeast Frontier Railway NGT National Green Tribunal NH National Highway NHAI National Highway Authority of India NHS Normal Height Subway NLPD Nallapadu NPOH Not due for POH NR Northern Railway NWR North Western Railway NZM Nizamuddin OFC Optic Fiber Cable PAC Public Accounts Committee PCC Permissible Carrying Capacity PCCM Principal Chief Commercial Manager PCE Principal Chief Engineer PCME Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer PCOM Principal Chief Operations Manager PF Platform PFA Principal Financial Adviser PGT Palghat POH Periodical Over Haul PPE Act Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971 PSRS Private Siding at Parsa PVC Price Variation Clause RB Railway Board RBS Rates Branch System RCC Reinforced Cement Concrete RDM Ramagundam

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Abbreviation Full Form RDSO Research, Designs and Standards Organization RITES Rail India Technical and Economic Service ROB Road Over Bridge ROH Routine Over Haul RPF Railway Protection Force RPSF Railway Protection Special Force RRI Route Relay Interlocking RUB Road Under Bridge RYPS Rayanpadu S&T Signal and Telecommunication SCR South Central Railway SDAH Sealdah SECR South East Central Railway SER South Eastern Railway SIP Signal Interlocking Plan SJQ Surajpur Road Station SLR Second Class Luggage Cum Parcel Van SOR Schedule of Rates SR Southern Railway Sr. DEN Senior Divisional Engineer Sr. DFM Senior Divisional Finance Manager Sr.DCM Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Sr.DME Senior Divisional Mechanical Engineer Sr.DOM Senior Divisional Operations Manager SSE Senior Section Engineer SWR South Western Railway SWR Station Working Rules TC Tender Committee TM Traction Motor UMLCs Unmanned Level Crossings UVSS Under Vehicle Surveillance System VHF Very High Frequency VNUP Vishnupuram VPH High Capacity Parcel Van VPs Parcel Vans VPUs Ventilated Parcel Unit WCR West Central Railway WPI Wholesale Price Index WR Western Railway WWF World Wildlife Fund